People Living Near Oil Well Leak Concerned About Impact To Water, Air

WELD COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– An oil well leak has been capped and crews have been cleaning up the green substance that has been oozing from the well north of Windsor but people living nearby are concerned about the impact to their water supply.

PDC Energy out of Denver operates the oil well and rig. They said a bolt sheared off Monday morning causing the release of what’s called “flow-back fluid,” and oil-water hydraulic fluid that surfaces after fracking.

PDC said the incident was not fracking related, no gas escaped and the public was never in danger.